Academic Press Digital Image Enhancement and Reconstruction (Hybrid Computational Intelligence for Pattern Analysis and Understanding)

Digital Image Enhancement and Reconstruction: Techniques and Applications explores different concepts and techniques used for the enhancement as well as reconstruction of low-quality images. Most real-life applications require good quality images to gain maximum performance, however, the quality of the images captured in real-world scenarios is often very unsatisfactory. Most commonly, images are noisy, blurry, hazy, tiny, and hence need to pass through image enhancement and/or reconstruction algorithms before they can be processed by image analysis applications. This book comprehensively explores application-specific enhancement and reconstruction techniques including satellite image enhancement, face hallucination, low-resolution face recognition, medical image enhancement and reconstruction, reconstruction of underwater images, text image enhancement, biometrics, etc. Chapters will present a detailed discussion of the challenges faced in handling each particular kind of image, analysis of the best available solutions, and an exploration of applications and future directions. The book provides readers with a deep dive into denoising, dehazing, super-resolution, and use of soft computing across a range of engineering applications. Review Advanced coverage of digital image processing and applications research From the Back Cover <i>Digital Image Enhancement and Reconstruction: Techniques and Applications</i> explores different concepts and techniques used for the enhancement as well as reconstruction of low-quality images. Most real-life applications require good quality images to gain maximum performance, however, the quality of the images captured in real-world scenarios is often very unsatisfactory. Most commonly, images are noisy, blurry, hazy, tiny, and hence need to pass through image enhancement and/or reconstruction algorithms before they can be processed by image analysis applications. This book comprehensively explores application-specific enhancement and reconstruction techniques including satellite image enhancement, face hallucination, low-resolution face recognition, medical image enhancement and reconstruction, reconstruction of underwater images, text image enhancement, biometrics, etc. Chapters will present a detailed discussion of the challenges faced in handling each particular kind of image, analysis of the best available solutions, and an exploration of applications and future directions. The book provides readers with a deep dive into denoising, dehazing, super-resolution, and use of soft computing across a range of engineering applications. About the Author Dr. Rajput earned his PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior, India. He has more than four years of teaching experience with undergraduate and postgraduate classes. Presently he is working as an assistant professor in CSE Department, National Institute of Technology Patna, India. His current research interests include image processing and computer vision. He has published more than 25 journal and conference articles in the areas of image processing, biometrics, wireless ad hoc networks, and information security. Dr. Khan received his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior. He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of ECE, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan. His areas of research interest include digital signal and image processing, adaptive image processing and fuzzy based applications in image processing. He has more than 5 years of teaching experience of undergraduate and post graduate level Engineering courses. He has published 14 research papers in various journals and conferences of national and international repute. Dr. Amit Kumar Singh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Scienc